Ed Miliband: coalition is squeezing the middle not the deficit
Miliband will say that Britain needs a recovery for working people if the government is to ‘squeeze the deficit and not the middle’.
David Cameron
Policy groundhog day: On immigration, Cameron’s words were nothing new
If you take the long view on immigration policy, the similarities between Cameron’s speech and the language of immigration over the last twenty five years are striking.
Three good things and three bad things from Cameron’s immigration speech
David Cameron’s immigration speech was more nuanced than it was briefed out beforehand. Rather than being yet another draconian crackdown, there were some welcome announcements. On that note, here are three good things and three bad things about the speech.
Warning lights on the economy – let’s defend our record or pay the price
By failing to stand up for their past successes, Labour are making it difficult for themselves to claim economic credibility.
Five things we learnt at the G20 summit
Climate change gained last minute status as a major global concern – but Ebola was off the table.
EU benefit tourism was already banned – so what exactly is Cameron boasting about?
The EU has always permitted restricting social security benefits to European migrants.
Cameron is playing with fire on the EU
Cameron’s European policy could signal the end of the UK as we know it.
Today’s EU climate deal means it will be harder for Westminster to blame Brussels for rising energy bills
One positive effect of today’s European deal is that it should be more difficult for MPs to deflect attention onto the faceless bogie-man that is ‘Brussels’.
Cameron must not cave in to UKIP pressure at the EU climate change summit
The argument put forward by Tory and UKIP dinosaurs is fundamentally flawed.
The spat over the Welsh NHS gets ugly
Jeremy Hunt has been accused of telling a ’tissue of lies’ over the health service in Wales.